Carmel Beach surf break

Carmel Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 PDT
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Carmel Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carmel Beach sea temperature is
14.0° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carmel Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carmel Beach at 12PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

Table - waves today at Carmel Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
4
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.9
WSW
2.3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)161616161616161678101111101010101099101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)41241241240739728428428034574418802178200316501282980833727544495472419272441
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
30
S
30
S
35
S
25
W
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
WSW
25
SW
10
W
5
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
10
NE
10
N
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:49AM
1.22
8:25PM
1.08
6:55AM
1.24
8:43PM
1.16
7:52AM
1.26
9:03PM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:18AM
0.87
1:19PM
0.02
1:20AM
0.74
1:57PM
0.01
2:10AM
0.58
2:31PM
0.03
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise--6:39-------6:37-------6:37-----
Sunset-----7:37-------7:38-------7:39--
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
mod rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11----9722-2221---------
Temp. °C141314151615111312131313131312121111111213141312
Feels °C (?)111011910867677788101199999998
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